词汇测试2

练习一词汇与搭配

1.Before the students set off, they spent much time setting a limit_____the expense of the trip.

2.He broke in ______the conversation without waiting for me to stop talking.

3.It snowed heavily for three days______end and we were isolated from the outside world.

4.He often acts ______impulse.

5.There is a problem even for people _______employment.

6.______shape, the house is like the letter “S”.

7.Today’s weather is an improvement _____yesterday’s.

8.Your fluency in English gives you an advantage ______the other candidates for the job.

9.He has been charged _______murdering his wife.

10.People who refuse to comply____the law will be punished.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/5e3291129.html,nguage, culture, and personality may be considered independently ____each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.

12.Paul strongly denied that he was guilty______cheating innocent customers.

13.The travelers sought shelter _____the rain and happened to find a roadside inn.

14.The monument was erected _____memory of the people who devoted their lives to the cause of Communism.

15.----”Car 17 won the race.’.

-----”yes, but its driver came close ____being killed.’

16.Monica was urgent _____me for further particulars.

练习二词汇辨析

1. A ______translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.

A literal

B liberal

C literate

D literary

2.Under the ____confronting them it was impossible to continue the strike any longer..

A surroundings

B settings

C circumstances

D environments

3.The black clouds ______rain.

A indicated

B hinted

C suggested

D meant

4.Farming demands ______forecasts of the weather.

A precise

B correct

C accurate

D exact

5.American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to _____enterprises.

A movable

B changing

C flexible

D varying

6.He _____having been frightened.

A acknowledged

B confessed

C recognized

D admitted

7.My camera can be ____to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

A adapted

B adjusted

C adopted

D remedied

8.Please _____me on that subject.

A enlighten

B acquaint

C inform

D instruct

9.With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its _____.

A boundaries

B limitations

C confinements

D restraints

10.The new hotel built a few months ago is large enough to _____over two hundred people.

A contain

B hold

C provide

D accommodate

11.Do you like this _____of coffee ?.

A trademark

B sign

C mark

D brand

12.With the introduction of _____technology, information flows faster than it ever did.

A involved

B complicated

C sophisticated

D complex

13._______energy must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.

A gathered

B collected

C accumulated

D assembled

14.Having failed in the mathematics examination, Tom feels very_____.

A oppressed

B suppressed

C depressed

D compressed

15.This is a picture of my house. In the ______you can see the mountains.

A residence

B setting

C environment

D sightseeing

16.If your knowledge can be in some way _____with my experiences, we are sure to succeed.

A joined

B united

C connected

D combined

17.In most cases politicians are _____as they seldom tell the truth.

A credible

B credulous

C incredulous

D incredible

18.The writer’s choice of words is simply a matter of _____style.

19.A personal B private C personnel D individual

练习三英语知识运用

1.As knowledge engineer Holly Welling put it, “it’ll be like having a roomful of experts , all at your command. ’Welling, together with Gene E. Clerc, an expert from Production Planning, is ____the Expert Machine Selector System.

A developing

B employing

C appreciating

D adopting

2.It is generally recognized, however, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, ______by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately apparent.

A brought

B followed

C stimulated

D characterized

3.Once limited ______several hundred addicts centered in London, Heroin use has now become so common in school yards and neighborhoods throughout Britain that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had warned that it threatens to “undermine a whole generation’.

A to

B for

C among

D on

4.The continental ice sheet is more than two miles high at is center; thus, the air over the Antarctic is far more refrigerated than it is over the Arctic regions. This cold air cascades off the land with such _____that it makes the nearby seas the stormiest in the world and renders unlivable those regions whose counterparts at the opposite end of the globe are inhabited.

A force

B roughness

C influence

D coldness

5. When television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become famous as radio commentators were able to be equally effective on television. Some of the difficulties they experienced when they were trying to ____themselves to the new medium were technical.

A turn

B adapt

C alter

D modify

6.There can be no question about the value of a safety program. From a financial standpoint alone, safety pays off, the fewer the injury____, the better the workman’s insurance rate.

A claims

B reports

C declarations

D proclamations .

7.To Edward Hall the principal difference between cultures is whether they are monochromic of polychromic. In monochromic cultures (United States, Northern Europe) people do things one by one. They follow schedules because time can be squandered or saved. Promptness is essential, and

one who is late has ___a grave offense.

A made

B committed

C done

D taken

8.The purpose of non-REM sleep is even more mysterious. The new experiments, such as those_____for the first time at a recent meeting or the society for Sleep Research In Minneapolis, suggest fascinating explanation for the purposes of non-REM sleep.

A maintained

B described

C settled

D afforded

9.It is not only in affluent societies that people are obsessed with the idea of making more money. Consumer goods are _______everywhere and modern industry deliberately sets out to create new markets. Gone are the days when industrial goods are made to last forever. The wheels of industry must be kept turning.

A desirable

B desirous

C desired

D desiring

10.Changes in the social structure may indirectly ____juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that lead to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment in general make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain.

A affect

B reduce

C check

D reflect

11.Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain additives and which have not been ___by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.

A effected

B interfered

C disturbed

D affected

12.Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements----usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen. They are different in that their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin ______one or more specific functions in the body.

A undertakes

B holds

C plays

D performs

13.The United States Department of Agriculture and the food industry ______slaes statistics and keep accurate records. This information tells us what people are eating and their changes in attitudes and tastes.

A gather

B accumulate

C compile

D compare

14.Finding ways to assist this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult. Even when homeless individuals manage to find a ____that will give them three meals a day and a sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day wandering the street.

A lodging

B shelter

C dwelling

D house

15.Once man began to raise his own animals, he did not have to go out and hunt for his meat. And , since he did not have to move from one place to another hunting for food, man could ____down and live in one place .

A calm

B get

C come

D settle

16.It is estimated that nearly half the ships lost during the second world war capsized because of loss of stability. Pacer Systems of Burlington, Massachusetts, has now refined a system ____by a reserve US Navy officer, Stephen Drabvouski, which effectively second guesses the ship.

A owned

B searched

C captured

D devised

17.Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that at least fifty rock stars have___of between two million and six million dollars per year.

A revenues

B salaries

C wages

D incomes

18.In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither ____nor shocking. Interfaith

marriages are on the rise particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, interracial marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and raise a family.

A rare

B scarce

C seared

D relieved

19.But ar the beginning of this century, the tango was refined, so that it lost its erotic features, it was preformed in fashionable casino ballrooms. The tango, in its sophisticated European_____, became popular England and in the USA..

A shape

B form

C format

D contour

练习四语法与词汇

1._______with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not high at all.

A When compared

B Compare

C While comparing

D Comparing

2.Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I _____your advice.

A follow

B had followed

C would follow

D have followed

3.At the party we found that shy girl _____her mother all the time.

A depending on

B coinciding with

C adhering to

D clinging to

4.The training course was rather ____but his strong will finally pulled him through.

A recommendatory

B demanding

C commanding

D exhilarating

5.Do you think Mary is prepared to ______being a bar attendant?

A settle in

B settle upon

C settle for

D settle down

6.He seems to be ____enough to climb to the mountain top in an hour.

A radiant

B conscientious

C conspicuous

D energetic

7.It is true that ____a wild plant into a major food crop such as wheat requires much research time.

A multiplying

B breeding

C budgeting

D limiting

8.I second his motion that we ____a special board to examine..

A shall set up

B should set up

C will set up

D would set up

9.Joe’s father, along with his two uncles, _____in London one more day.

A demand that he stay

B demands that he stays

C demands that he stay

D demand that he stays